{"id":"USN-3243-1","summary":"git vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that Git incorrectly sanitized branch names in the PS1\nvariable when configured to display the repository status in the shell\nprompt. If a user were tricked into exploring a malicious repository, a\nremote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:06Z","published":"2017-03-23T12:43:36Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9938"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-9938","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9938"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3243-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9938"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"git","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"}]}],"versions":["1:1.8.3.2-1","1:1.8.4.2-1","1:1.8.4.3-1","1:1.8.4.4-1","1:1.8.5-1","1:1.8.5.1-1","1:1.8.5.2-1","1:1.8.5.2-2","1:1.8.5.3-1","1:1.9~rc1-1","1:1.9.0-1","1:1.9.1-1","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.1","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.2","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"git","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"git-all","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"git-arch","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"git-bzr","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"git-core","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"git-cvs","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"git-daemon-run","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"git-daemon-sysvinit","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"git-el","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"git-email","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"git-gui","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"git-man","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"git-mediawiki","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"git-svn","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"gitk","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"gitweb","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2014-9938","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3243-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}